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Congrats!!! Wow, I see you got a magical early date and already have your visa in hand!!! YAYs!!! My husband also had his interview today and is APPROVED I was hyperventilating since he is originally from Pakistan (in England on a student visa), that he would get put into the dreaded AP... however, the heavens showed mercy on us Wish you a great fishing trip with your stepson and a lovely journey over to the US!
All the best!!!

mrs. fairy saylin with her magic wand!!! just like the godmother in cinderella who guides cindy on the path to happiness!!!

case complete may I be added to the case complete thread? Also congrats to those getting case completes, saw a couple today! And I pray everyone else is reunited with their spouses and families super quick! Thank you and God bless Saylin for running this forum + everyone for supporting each other through this process!!!

I received my NOA1 on February 20, 2013 stating that it was being routed to the NBC. Since then, I have been told numerous stories about the wait time by various Tier 2 representatives. The last time I called on August 21 and was told my application had been 'touched' and sent to my local field office. I requested a service request to find out when it had been sent there because when I called in July, I had been told that it would stay at the NBC and it should not be sent to my local field office unless something was wrong with it. I was also advised that I could make an info pass request to discuss it with my local field office folk. So, had the Tier 2 submit the service request and I made an infopass appointment and went on August 28. My local field office told me that my application was still at the NBC and that it wouldn't be going to the local office unless there was a problem – they did see the service request and stated that I should have an answer by the 5th of September. However, on the 6th of September, I hadn't heard anything so I emailed and faxed my Senator to get involved. I specifically asked them to find out where my application was and what the timeline was.
This is the email my Senator received as an answer on September 11:
After a review of our systems it was found that Case MSC xx xxx xxxxx, Form I-103 filed on behalf of Leslie Hudson is currently pending.
NBC continues to receive I-130's and ship them to the field for adjudication. Based on the current volume of pending immigrant visa petitions, our current processing time for I-130's is approximately 6 months from the date of this response.
NBC will review and adjudicate I-130 Immediate Relative requests for expedite (if the file is located at the NBC.) If you request your case to be expedited the case will need meet USCIS expedite criteria. All expedite requests must be accompanied by supporting documents that demonstrate that one or more of the expedite criteria have been met.
I called my Senator's office on September 16th to thank them for the answers as it is different than anything I had been told by Tier 2 reps or my local field office. However, I also wanted to advise them that the information given did not tell me anything about my case in specific, rather it told about the general processing of cases. I also asked if the 6 months mentioned was for my case (since it has already been waiting there for 7 months). Here is the answer I got:
The I-130, MSC xx xxx xxxxx is currently pending at the NBC.
The estimated processing time for I-130 petitions is an additional six months from today’s date. These delays are due to workload factors not related to your constituent’s case. If your constituent does not receive a decision or other notice of action from USCIS by that date, please contact your USCIS congressional liaison at NBC1.congressional@uscis.dhs.gov.
USCIS is committed to adjudicating immigration benefits in the order received and in a timely and efficient manner. We regret any inconvenience that results from delays in processing.
So, I suppose that this isn't really anything new, other than confirmation for my own 'edification' that the USCIS portion of this process really is expected to take 13 months now...at least for those of us unlucky sods who filed in February. That said, I'm not convinced that any of them actual have any clue how long it's really going to take.

So, I had my InfoPass appointment today and got some very interesting information: 1) my case is still at the NBC, was never transferred and was showing up as "Active in System" on my immigration officer's computer as of 08/15/2013, which he said means they have started working on it and I should hear from them shortly 2) average national processing times for US citizen I-130's for your spouse is 5 months; so since we are all at 6 months now, we are over the national average and should all be granted expedites (he put one in for me just in case) 3) I recommend you all to make an InfoPass appt. if you can, you will definitely get some very useful information - do not trust those tier 1/2 jokers, they do not know what they are talking about; as quoted from my immigration officer "they are just reading from a script, if you want real-time information come in to talk to us"
So that was that - go out and take action, don't waste time on the phone! We deserve to have our spouses here, and these immigration officers realize that - he said it was weird I hadn't been approved yet since he has seen plenty of green card holders get approved, get their spouse a visa and into the country within 1/2 years max.... for God's sake we are US citizens - we have our rights... guess it's just high time to actually fight for them!
Good luck to all of us, and may our marriages and spouses and families be blessed.

So, I had my InfoPass appointment today and got some very interesting information: 1) my case is still at the NBC, was never transferred and was showing up as "Active in System" on my immigration officer's computer as of 08/15/2013, which he said means they have started working on it and I should hear from them shortly 2) average national processing times for US citizen I-130's for your spouse is 5 months; so since we are all at 6 months now, we are over the national average and should all be granted expedites (he put one in for me just in case) 3) I recommend you all to make an InfoPass appt. if you can, you will definitely get some very useful information - do not trust those tier 1/2 jokers, they do not know what they are talking about; as quoted from my immigration officer "they are just reading from a script, if you want real-time information come in to talk to us"
So that was that - go out and take action, don't waste time on the phone! We deserve to have our spouses here, and these immigration officers realize that - he said it was weird I hadn't been approved yet since he has seen plenty of green card holders get approved, get their spouse a visa and into the country within 1/2 years max.... for God's sake we are US citizens - we have our rights... guess it's just high time to actually fight for them!
Good luck to all of us, and may our marriages and spouses and families be blessed.